I have an important issue I need to get out there to the public. On Saturday, May 5, a horrible thing happened to my 5-year-old son.

We are new to this area and we needed to have some prescriptions filled to get us through till we could see a new psychiatrist.

So we got them written and filled, but to my horror one of the prescriptions was terribly wrong. It had been written for six times the dose that he was supposed to have. The doctor wrote it wrong, and the pharmacist filled it. It was an adult dose of medicine given to a 36-pound child. It was a horrible incident I hope we never go through again.

What I am trying to make clear to all the readers is: please never take for granted that the prescription is correct, always look at the bottle before you give the medicine.

Everyone can make mistakes, and I am so grateful that I noticed this error because it could have been detrimental to my son's health.

He could have been permanently affected or killed by this horrible mistake.

We often take for granted that doctors don't make mistakes and that if they do our pharmacies will catch it. However, this is not always the case. I learned the hard way.

Thank God, he is going to be fine, but I do urge you to please double check all prescription medicine.

We had angels on our shoulders and we are grateful to Dr. Connor of the Auburn Memorial Hospital emergency room. She was wonderful and took good care of my precious son.

Thank you for your time.

An extremely grateful mom.

Melissa Hawkins

Weedsport